The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-04-22
AAILROAD PLUyDERED.
Arrest Of Hundreds Of Rascally Conductors and
Brakemeu,

Dispatches from Pittshurg: The officers
OF the Panhandle railroad will soon have
in custody n most desperate gang of rnil.
road robbers. How many men belong to
the gang is not known, but they run up
into the hundreds. Their stealing
or three years. simultaneously ar
rests were made all along the iiue OF the
Phanhnndle road between here and Colum-
bus. Warrants have been in the hands of
officers for some time, and the persons ar
rested comprise nearly the entire freight
men OF the line. They include conduct.
ors, freightmen, engineers and firemen.
The first arrests were made about 2
o'clock in the morning, the police surprising
1S men at their boarding houses. BY day
light 46 men, all railroad employees, con
ductors, brakemen, tiremen and engineers,
were behind the bars. In speaking OF the
arrests a prominent officer OF the Panhan-
die road said:
For three years the Panhandle road has
been systematically robbed. Cars on
sidings and cars on moving trains were
broken open and goods stolen, including
every description OF merchandise. 1t is
estimated that at least $500, 900 worth OF
goods were taken, for which the company
had to pay. In August last he got clue,
and the company determined to push it to
the end. Detectives were employed who
followed up every scent, and finally we had
the information on which to proceed.
When everything was ready We decided to
make a movement all along the line from
Columbus to Pttsburg. About eighty
warrants were issued for men in Pittsburg.
Nothing like it ever happened before.
At one o'clock ten more arrests
were reported. They were captured at the
pay car while receiving their wages This
makes u total OF iifty-sx, now in Jail.
A telegram from Dennison Ohio, states
that j. r. Dunlap, the leader OF the gang,
names of most OF the parties in Jail:
Conductors John Hastings, II. MacRob-
erts, j. P. Brennan, l., Black. IL. X. Kuhn,
Thomas G. Shay, T. j. Hanley, William
Isett, James Watson, Charles Shanks, c.
Langacre, Clyde Laughlin; Brakemen ].
G. Lawson, V. L. Meyers, Edward Olaf, L.
#. Haggerty. Robert Mackey, NJ. G. Con-
j. A. Fisher, W. 7. I.avsl!e, Thom-
Bowles, John A. Bowser. Miohael
Joyce, w. c. Martin, George Morris,
II. o. Gutshall, A. Gritiiths, NJ. B. Doyle,
John Donavan, John Martin, William
Roth, John Sweeney, T. w. Abers, ]. w.
Richey William Briggs, John Kirkwood,
j. F. Wright, j. A. Taylor, II. w. McCune,
H. c. Thompson, j. 7. Kinney, Michael
Reilly, Thomas Long, Samue! Fitch, James
l.. Young.
Seven more arrests have been made, but
the names have not yet been recorded
Nearly 200 warrants are still out.
Fires were in progress all day all along
the line of the Panhandle road, made up Of
stuff out OF the caboose cars that the evi.
dence OF things not seen may be wanting
| when the trial comes. Freight trains have
hauled up ut water stations and delay
do i'll thu I,pt a mt a nd p{ut
ed and In doing 80 evidence has been procur-
ed against unsuspected railroad men. AL.
most every man arrested had from ono to
ten pawn tickets on his person. 1t is al.
legged that every pawn shop in tho two
cities is represented on the tickets.